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Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
The novel is in many ways a familiar YA construction: a hidden Prince, a disguised girl, both people who need to grow up and are being forced to do so in a dangerous situation. The book delights in part because both protagonists are nicely depicted and fun to follow and root for. [...]
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Darkness on the Edge of Town by Brian Keene
The night before, everything was fine and just as it should be. The following morning the residents of Walden woke up to find… nothing. Beyond the town limits lies nothing but darkness. Nothing can get through and the people of Walden don’t even know if there is [...]
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Fantasy Continent Name sustain!?Hi all. I am currently writing a fantasy book and i wanted to come up next to a name for the continent but i got nothing. I be considering the name Senlorum or something like that but i wanted to come up beside some that sounds more official. The book is about [...]
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Horns by Joe Hill
Ignatius Perrish has no idea what he got up to last night while very drunk; only that he did terrible things. They must have been terrible if the horns growing out of the top of his head are anything to go by… Ig’s new horns come with powers that will tear the [...]
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Mister Slaughter by Robert McCammon
The story itself is a rather interesting tale of murder and mystery. It has similarities to modern serial killer tales, but the setting makes it very fresh and interesting.
McCammon does a good turn in describing the world of the American Colonies before the French and Indian war. People are just people, [...]
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Kell’s Legend by Andy Remic
“Kell’s Legend” is a worthy praise offered to its source of inspiration, fully packed with action and fighting scenes and flavored with an amount of violence and gore that will put even some of the horror novels to shame. The pages fly past the reader, because Andy Remic sets a very [...]
about 3 weeks ago - No comments
If this article about book inventory software were an infomercial, you’d be watching someone with a lovely accent explain how the right software will clean your house, wash your car, and help you win friends and influence people! Since this isn’t an infomercial, though, let’s be honest–you’ll probably need to do those dishes yourself. But [...]
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Under the Dome: A Novel by Stephen King
Stephen King creates a mesmerizing series of events with complex characters along the lines of the TV program “Jericho,” only better. Not a book for the squeamish, the gruesome reality is set on high, but seems appropriate under the circumstances. This is a classic tale of good and [...]
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Redemption Ark (Revelation Space) by Alastair Reynolds
If I had any doubt that Aastair Reynolds is one of today’s top masters of the space opera genre Redemption Ark has since blasted them out of the airlock. While novel takes its time building up elements of the plot, introducing and re-introducing to characters and slowly uncovering the [...]
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The Girl with Glass Feet: A Novel by Ali Shaw
If there is one niggle I have about “The Girl with Glass Feet” is that its interesting cast of characters is not fully developed outside the main heroes and to a large extent Carl, while the novel rushes a bit towards its inevitable end. Another fifty [...]
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